Hair-treating comb



Feb. 15, 1949. M. G. USAI HAIR-TREATING COMB Filed Oct. 4, 1946 PatentedFeb. 15, 949

UNITED STATES HAIR-TREATING COMB Mario G. Usai, East Paterson. N. J.Application October 4, 1946, Serial No. 701,107

' "1 Claims. (01. 132-12) use the implement so'that during the combing.

the hair will be colored.- For these purposes the comb is formed with alongitudinal cylindrical bore, and in andfitting this bore'is a devicefor dispensing color to the hair, the same being rotative in and aroundthe axis of the bore into and out of the position in which the colorwill be so dispensed. So much, generally stated, is known, as by theEnsor Patent No. 924,048, in which case the back of the comb is formedwith ports leading from said bore to the spaces between the teeth andsaid device includes a cylinder fitting and rotative in the bore andcontaining a liquidabsorbent material and itself having ports adapted todeliver the liquid to the first-named ports when the cylinder is in agiven rotative position. In this case the coloring substance must be aliquid which will more or less freely drain through the ports to reachthe hair being'combed, thus rendering the device untidy and likely tocolor the users hands. According to my inventionthe construction is suchthat in the combing operation the hair directly contacts thecolor-dispensing medium, which means that the same may be a solid(acting to impart color after the manner of graphite, for instance) or afibrous mass charged with liquid but not of the free-flowing type.

In the drawing,

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate one form of the improved implement,

Fig. 1 showing the comb and the rotary device each partly broken awayat'intervals and each partly in side elevation and partly in section;

Fig. 2 being a sectional View on line 2-2, Fig. 1;

and

I Fig. 3 being a right-hand end elevation of the implement;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a modified form of the cylinder ofsaid device before parts thereof are deformed to providebearings;

Fig. 5 shows the latter device partly in elevation and partly in sectionon line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section of the implement including such device and on line66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a color-dispensing medium that may be used withthe cylinder of Fig. 5;

and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of a color-dispensingmedium that may be used with the cylinder of Figs, 1 to 3.

In Figs. 1 to 3 a comb is formed by an elongated back i and the row ofaligned-parallel teeth 2 projecting laterally from the back with theirpoints lying all in the same plane. The comb is formed with alongitudinal cylindrical bore 3 open at the right hand end. This bore isformed partly in the back i and partly in the teeth 2, but so that'itsdiameter in a plane perpendicular to the plane in which the teeth extendfrom the backis wholly within the latter; this bore is thus incommunication with the spaces between the teeth, as at'4 in Fig. 1.

In the bore and fitting the same is a rotative cylinder 5 ,havingitsright-hand end protruding and formed with a knob 6, the cylinder havinga longitudinal slot i of a width less than half the diameter of thecylinder. In Figs. 1 and 2 this cylinder is shown filled with acolor-dispensin medium 8, as any fibrous material charged with somedispensable non-free-flowin coloring liquid. This medium being itselfgenerally cylindrical protrudes through slot I, and, when the devicecomprising it and the cylinder 5 is in the position shown, it reachesinto that portion of the bore which existsformed in the teeth, wherebywhen the implement is used to color the hair during combing the medium 8is exposed to direct contact with the hair strands reaching between theteeth. When the implement is to be used only for combing, said device isturned by the knob 6 to reversed position.

In place-of the color-dispensing medium 8 a stiff foil or sheet 8coated, like any ordinary carbon paper,'on its outer surface with adispensable coloring substance, may be rolled to a diameter to fit thecylinder snugly and be incorporated therein. Such sheet is shown in Fig.8.

In place of the device formed by the cylinder 5 f material charged withdispensable coloring substance. Or, instead of a pair of such rollers,there may be only one, as I6, having its trunnions journaled incentering holes, as H, of the ears.

In all the forms shown the bore is interrupted by the spaces between theteeth of the comb and it is occupied by a cylindrical device in andfitting and rotative in the bore around the axis thereof, and saiddevice has its perimeter ex posed by said spaces. Further, in atransverse zone of said device (here of a width approximating itslength) opposed to said spaces, at least one segment of its perimeter iscolor-dispensing (as where, for example, the medium 8 in Figs. 1 to 3 isexposed by the slot 1 of cylinder 5) and another segment thereof (formedin Figs. 1 to 3 by the unslotted portion of the cylinder) is blank-bywhich I mean not disposed to dispense color. When the device is rotatedeither the color-dispensing or the blank segment will be exposed to saidspaces, thus to expose the hair or shield it from the coloringsubstance.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A comb comprising an elongated back, a

row of aligned teeth projecting from the back with their pointssubstantially in the same plane, the comb having a cylindrical boreextending longitudinally thereof and located wholly therewithin andpredominantly within the back, the bore intersecting the spaces betweenthe teeth over a minor portion of its cross-sectional area, an elongatedcylindrical member positioned coaxially within the bore, the surface ofthe cylindrical member having a non-color dispensing cylindrical zone ofsubstantial width located parallel to the axis of the cylindrical memberand extending throughout substantially the length of the row of teeth,the cylindrical member having in its-surface an elongated colordispensing segmental portion of a substantial width and lying parallelto the axis of the cylindrical member, such color dispensing segmentalportion extending throughout substantially the length of the row ofteeth, and means to rotate the cylindrical member about its axis.

2. A comb comprising an elongated back, a row of aligned teethprojecting from the back with their points substantially in the sameplane, the comb having a cylindrical bore extending longitudinallythereof and located wholly therewithin and predominantly within theback, the bore intersecting the spaces between the teeth over a minorportion of its cross-sectional area, an elongated cylindrical memberpositioned coaxially within and rotatable in the bore, the surface ofthe cylindrical member having a non-color dispensing cylindrical zone ofsubstantial width located parallel to the axis of the cylindrical memberand extending throughout substantially the length of the row of teeth,the cylindrical member having in its surface an elongated colordispensing segmental portion of a substantial width and lying parallelto the axis of the cylindrical member, such color dispensing segmentalportion extending throughout substantially the length of the row ofteeth, and means to rotate the cylindrical member about its axis.

3. A comb comprising an elongated back, a row of aligned teethprojecting from the back with their points substantially in the sameplane, the comb having a sylindrical bore extending longitudinallythereof throughout the length of the row of teeth, said bore beinglocated wholly within the comb and predominantly within the back, thebore intersecting the spaces between the teeth over a minor portion ofits cross-sectional area, a hollow elongated cylindrical containerpositioned coaxially within, closely fitting, and rotatable in the bore,the cylindrical container having a length substantially equal to that ofthe bore, the side wall of the cylindrical container having animperforate cylindrical zone of a width exceeding the width of the areaof intersection between the bore and the spaces between the teeth, andof a length at least equal to the length of the row of teeth, thecylindrical container also having a longitudinal slot of substantialwidth through its side wall, the slot lying parallel to the axis of thecylindrical container, a color dispensing medium within the container,and means to rotate the cylindrical container about its axis.

4. A comb comprising an elongated back, a row of aligned teethprojecting from the back with their points substantially in the sameplane, the comb having a cylindrical bore extending longitudinallythereof and located wholly therewithin and predominantly within theback, the bore intersecting the spaces between'the teeth over a minorportion of its cross-sectional area, a hollow elongated cylindricalcontainer positioned coaxially within, closely fitting, and rotatable inthe bore ,the cylindrical container having an imperforate cylindricalzone, of a width exceeding the width of the area of intersection betweenthe bore and the spaces between the teeth, located parallel to the axisof the cylindrical container and extending throughout substantially thelength of the row of teeth, the cylindrical container having alongitudinal slot through its side wall of a substantial width andparallel to the axis of the cylindrical container, a resilient absorbentpad within the'container, and means to rotate the cylindrical memberabout its axis.

5. A comb comprising an elongated back, a

.row of aligned teeth projecting from the back with their pointssubstantially in the same plane,

, a length substantially equal to that of the bore,

the sidewall of the cylindrical container having an imperforatecylindrical zone parallel to the axis of the cylindrical container andof a width exceeding the width of the area of intersection between thebore and the spaces between the teeth, and of a length at least equal tothe length of the row of teeth, the cylindrical container also having alongitudinal slot of substantial width through its side wall, the slotlying parallel to the axis of the cylindrical container, a resilientabsorbent pad substantially filling the cavity within the container, andmeans to rotate the cylindrical member about its axis.

6. A comb comprising an elongated back, a row of aligned teethprojecting from the back with their points substantially'in the sameplane, the comb having a cylindrical bore extending longitudinallythereof throughout the length of the row of teeth, said bore beinglocated wholly within the comb and predominantly within the back, thebore intersecting the spaces between the teeth over a minor portion ofits cross-sectional area, a hollow elongated cylindrical containerpositioned coaxially within, closely fitting, and rotatable in the bore,the cylindrical container having a length substantially equal to that ofthe bore, the sidewall of the cylindrical container having animperforate cylindrical zone parallel to the axis of the cylindricalcontainer and of a width exceeding the width of the area of intersectionbetween the bore and the spaces between the teeth, and of a length atleast equal to the length of the row of teeth, the cylindrical containeralso having a longitudinal slot of substantial width through itssidewall, the slot lying parallel to the axis of the cylindricalcontainer, a color dispensing medium within the container, and means torotate the cylindrical container about its axis, said color dispensing-medium comprising a rolled foil in and fitting the cylindricalcontainer, said foil having its outer surface composed ofcolor-dispensing substance.

7. A comb comprising an elongated back, a row of aligned teethprojecting from the back with their points substantially in the sameplane, the comb having a cylindrical bore extending longitudinallythereof throughout the length of the row of teeth, said bore beinglocated wholly within the comb and predominantly within the back, thebore intersectin the spaces between the teeth over a minor portion ofits crosssectional area, a hollow elongated cylindrical containerpositioned coaxially within, closely fitting, and rotatable in the bore,the cylindrical 6 container having a length substantially equal to thatof the bore, the sidewall of the cylindrical container having animperforate cylindrical zone parallel to the axis of the cylindricalcontainer of a width exceeding the width of the area of intersectionbetween the bore and the spaces between the teeth, and of a length atleast equal to the length of the row of teeth, the cylindrical containeralsohaving a longitudinal slot of substantial width through its sidewall, the slot lying parallel to the axis of the cylindrical container,a color dispensing medium within the container, and means to rotate thecylindrical container about its axis, said color dispensing mediumcomprising a roller journaled in the cylindrical container With its axisparallel with the axis of the cylindrical container, the periphery ofsaid roller protruding through the slot in the cylindrical container,said roller being formed as a solid material charged with a dispensablecoloring substance.

MARIO G. USAI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 924,048 Ensor June 8, 19091,159,789 North et al. Nov. 9, 1915 1,789,526 Hutchings Jan. 20, 1931

